The prevalence of beliefs and myths amongst cancer patients is a reflection of the level of knowledge in thecommunity regarding cancer. Such beliefs influence the health seeking behaviour of patients and may lead todelay ...

Introduction: Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women; however, due to the complexity ofchromosomal changes, limited data are available regarding chromosomal constitution. Materials and ...

The relation between Helicobacter pylori (Hp) eradication and prevention of stomach carcinoid developmenthas hitherto remained unclear. We therefore examined this problem using an Hp-infected and Hp-eradicatedMongolian ...

Introduction: An important risk factor for developing breast cancer is a positive family history of breastcancer. In Malaysia, there is no population-based breast screening programme, but the clinical practice ...

The aim of this retrospective study was to clarify the clinopathologic profile of endometrial cancers in womenaged 45 years or younger. All patients with histopathologically confirmed endometrial cancer treated atSongklanagarind ...

Cancer is the third leading cause of death in Iranian population. Descriptive epidemiology provides a betterunderstanding of the etiology of cancer and the development strategies. The objective of this study was tocollect ...

Objective: To survey the role of Helicobacter pylori at the tissue level as a cause of squamous cell carcinomaof the larynx. Design:A case-control study. Setting: In an Otolaryngology Ward at an academic ...

Hilar cholangiocarcinoma is a rare cancer in western countries but very high incidence in the northeast ofThailand. The only chance to cure is surgical resection. Preoperative biliary drainage (PBD) for improving liverfunction ...

Objective: To determine distribution of the primary site of metastatic adenocarcinoma to the cervical lymphnode in Thai population with histological correlation. Materials and Methods: 72 Thai ...

Background: Carcinoma of the uterine cervix is the sixth most common malignant neoplasm in womenworldwide. Early stage diagnosis increases the cure rate of disease. Radiotherapy with or without concurrentchemotherapy ...

Background: Cancer is a major public health problem all over the world. Monitoring the evolution of thecancer burden in the State of Qatar is of great value but has never been explored in depth. Aims: The aim of ...

The Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is characterized by hamartomatous polyposis of the gastro-intestinal(GI) tract, with mucocutaneous pigmentation. We have experienced a case of a 10-year-old girl who presentedwith PJS, ...

The present study was designated to evaluate the effect of direct current induced permanent magnetic field(DC-MF) on chemically induced rat colon carcinogenesis. Five experimental groups of male S.D. rats wereinjected with ...

Objective: To evaluate the prognostic significance of p53 protein expression in patients with early stagecervical carcinoma treated by surgery alone in a well-controlled study. Methods: A matched ...

Aims: The prevalence of cervical cancer in a developing country, and diagnostic therapeutic value of knifeconization for CIN, indications, cytopathologic results and complications of conization, were evaluated. ...

Background: Epidemiologic studies of n-3 fatty acids (FAs) and risk of colorectal cancer have generatedinconsistent results, and relations with precursor colorectal adenomas (CRA) have not been evaluated in detail.We ...

Research into actions of resveratrol, abundantly present in red grape skin, has been greatly stimulated by itsreported beneficial health influence. Since it was recently proposed as a potential prostate cancer chemopreve ...

Time trends in cancers of the esophagus, stomach, colon, rectum and liver cancers among the male populationin five Indian urban population based cancer registries (Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, and Bhopal) wereexamined ...

Trends in breast, cervix uteri, corpus uteri and ovarian cancers in six population based cancer registries(Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Bhopal, and Barshi) were evaluated over a period of the last two decades.For ...

Trends in prostate cancer in five population-based cancer Registries (Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi &Bhopal) in India were studied over a period of two decades using a model that fitting the data as the logarithmof ...